Report Release of Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Healthcare Quality Improvement Monday, August 31, 2009 at 10am National Academy of Sciences Building, Lecture Room, 2100 C Street, NW, Washington, D.C. The National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies will hold a public release of the report Race, Ethnicity, and [...]
A message from Ruth Perot, Summit Health Institute for Research and Education/Out of Many, One Dear Friends and Colleagues, April 28 was a “banner day” for OMO and the Health Data Task Force. Four of our colleagues played key roles at the 2009 Health Braintrust/National Minority Quality Forum Leadership Summit. Dr. Brian Smedley received an [...]
OMO and several members of its Governing Board added their signatures to a letter supporting the HEART for Women Act (S.422/HR 1032). Special thanks to the American Heart Association and WomenHeart for organizing this advocacy effort. An excerpt from the letter: Congress has the opportunity to make a difference for women with heart disease. We [...]
A recent New York Times article (Feb 13, 2009) describes a new colon cancer screening tool developed by the National Cancer Institute that omits minorities. “The new screening tool, developed by the National Cancer Institute and available at www.cancer.gov/colorectalcancerrisk, asks roughly 20 questions, the first two about race and ethnic background. If the user answers [...]